[02/08/14 - 07:21 AM]Jimmy Fallon's Final Telecast Hosting "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" Sets a Series Record in Metered-Market HouseholdsNBC spins the numbers for Friday, February 7.

[via press release from NBC]

In Late-Night Metered Markets Friday Night (note that the Philadelphia market is excluded from these averages):

· Jimmy Fallon's final telecast hosting "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" has set a series record in metered-market households.

· With a 12:05-1:05 a.m. ET telecast that followed NBC's coverage of the Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremony, Fallon averaged a 4.8 rating, 13 share in households in 55 of the 56 markets metered by Nielsen Media Research (with the Philadelphia market excluded last night), the show's highest-ever overnights for any night of the week, topping the prior record set one night earlier of a 4.6/15 following the final telecast of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."

· It's also the highest metered-market household rating for the "Late Night" franchise in currently available records dating back to the mid 1990s.

· The final "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" more than tripled the show's season-average 1.5 metered-market household rating heading into this week (through Feb. 2). In 24 of the 25 markets with Local People Meters (Philadelphia excluded), Friday's "Late Night" scored a 2.1/10, up 250% from the season-average 0.6 heading into this week.

· From 12:05-1:05 a.m. ET, the finale of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" averaged a 4.8/13 in metered-market households and a 2.1/10 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

· From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.3/4 in metered-market households and a 0.5/2 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

· From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (2.2/7 in metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.2/4 with an encore). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.8/5 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.4/2 with an encore).

· At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 1.1/4 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.5/3 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

Friday Primetime Results:

· NBC's coverage of the Sochi Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony posted an 18.5 rating, 30 share in household results in the 56 markets metered by Nielsen Media Research (Philadelphia excluded), up 26% versus the last non-live Opening Ceremony (14.7/23 for Torino in 2006). The 18.5 is off only 8% from the LIVE (ET/CT) telecast of 2010 Vancouver Opening Ceremony (20.0/33)